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[Journal of the Saratoga (Ship) of New Bedford, Mass. mastered by Frederick Slocum, kept by Washington Fosdick, on voyage from April 23, 1857 - December 12, 1858]

by: Saratoga (Ship); Fosdick, Washington, logkeeper

Publication date: 1857

Topics: Slocum, Frederick, shipmaster, Ashley, Abraham, Seafaring life, Whales, Voyages and travels, Whalers (Persons), Whaling masters, Whaling--Massachusetts--New Bedford, North Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, South Pacific Ocean--Description and travel, Northwest Coast of North America--Description and travel, California, Gulf of (Mexico)--Description and travel, Okhotsk, Sea of--Description and travel, Anadyr, Gulf of (Russia)--Description and travel, Western Arctic--Description and travel, Kodiak (Alaska)--Description and travel, Illustrations, Journals

Collection: newbedfordwhalingmuseumlogbooksandjournals; newbedfordwhalingmuseum; americana

Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum

Language: English

Item Size: 421.9M

Journal, kept by Washington Fosdick, relating to a whaling voyage the Western Arctic, North and South Pacific Oceans; 1857 April 23-1858 December 12; Includes pen and ink illustrations of ships seen, landfalls, volcanos, and whales seen and taken; Places seen include Mt. St. Elias, Middleton's Island, Ounimak Pass, Diomede Islands, Aitutaki (Cook Islands), and New Zealand; Repository also has microfilm of the log (Reel 17); Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by Frederick Slocum, on voyage from April 23, 1857 - December 12, 1858 to the Kodiak, Western Arctic, North Pacific and South Pacific Northwest

In the collection of the New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library